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<b>Db::set_re_pad</b>
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#include &lt;db_cxx.h&gt;
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int
Db::set_re_pad(int re_pad);
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int
Db::get_re_pad(int *re_padp);
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<b>Description: Db::set_re_pad</b>
<p>Set the padding character for short, fixed-length records for the Queue
and Recno access methods.</p>
<p>If no pad character is specified, &lt;space&gt; characters (that
is, ASCII 0x20) are used for padding.</p>
<p>The Db::set_re_pad method configures a database, not only operations performed
using the specified <a href="../api_cxx/db_class.html">Db</a> handle.</p>
<p>The Db::set_re_pad method may not be called after the <a href="../api_cxx/db_open.html">Db::open</a> method is called.
If the database already exists when
<a href="../api_cxx/db_open.html">Db::open</a> is called, the information specified to Db::set_re_pad will
be ignored.
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<p>The Db::set_re_pad method
either returns a non-zero error value
or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on
failure, and returns 0 on success.
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<b>Parameters</b> <br>
 <b>re_pad</b><ul compact><li>The <b>re_pad</b> parameter is the pad character for fixed-length
records for the Queue and Recno access methods.</ul>
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<br><b>Errors</b>
<p>The Db::set_re_pad method
may fail and throw
<a href="../api_cxx/except_class.html">DbException</a>,
encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of
the following non-zero errors:</p>
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<b>EINVAL</b><ul compact><li>If the method was called after <a href="../api_cxx/db_open.html">Db::open</a> was called; or if an
invalid flag value or parameter was specified.</ul>
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<b>Description: Db::get_re_pad</b>
<p>The Db::get_re_pad method returns the pad character.</p>
<p>The Db::get_re_pad method may be called at any time during the life of the
application.</p>
<p>The Db::get_re_pad method
either returns a non-zero error value
or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on
failure, and returns 0 on success.
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<b>Parameters</b> <br>
 <b>re_padp</b><ul compact><li>The Db::get_re_pad method returns  the
pad character in <b>re_padp</b>.</ul>
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<a href="../api_cxx/db_class.html">Db</a>
<br><b>See Also</b>
<a href="../api_cxx/db_list.html">Databases and Related Methods</a>
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